Unit1CulturalRelics6.ppt

Unit 1 Cultural Relics What are cultural relics? A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time ; A cultural relic is often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it had been destroyed; Or a cultural relic is something rather rare. 788 new properties are now inscribed on the World Heritage List with 611 cultural sites, 154 natural sites and 23 mixed sites. China has a total of 29 cultural heritage sites on the World Heritage List. Game Scan the following descriptions of 4 World Heritage Sites in China and guess what they are. Mogao Caves It is made up of 492 caves, which were deserted in the fourteenth century and lay untouched until the beginning of the 20th century. It lies at the rock side of the Mingsha Mountain in Ganshu province. It’s worth the name of art treasure house of the Chinese Nation. The Museum Palace/ the Imperial Palace Located in the center of Bejing, it has an area of 150,000 square meters and has over 9,000 rooms. It is the largest set of buildings preserved in China. It is also called the Forbidden City. Potala Palace It was built in the 7th century. When Zhanpu King (Shunzhan Genpu) set up Tufen Kingdom in Tibet with Lhasa as its capital, the Emperor of China’s Tang Dynasty sent Princess Wencheng to marry Zhanpu King. Zhanpu King decided “to build a city to show the glory”, then started to build it on the Red Hill. Sample dialogue . YOU: Hello, I am here to see Mr. Zhang Ri. Are you Zhang Ri? MAN: Yes, I am. YOU: My name is Hu Yuan. I’m from the Office for Cultural Relics. MAN: Oh, is there some problem? YOU: Perhaps. I understand that you have an old Ming Dynasty vase. MAN: Yes, I do but it’s not mine. Er – it belongs to my family. YOU: Hmm. May I have a look at it? MAN: Why, yes, of course. Please come in. Right this way. Here it is. YOU: It’s quite beautiful. MAN: Yes, it is, isn’t it? It’s been with our family for a long time. YOU: Mr. Zhang, I’m sorry to tell you this but